Talk:How to win at Google/Marvel Database

How to win
Hey Danny!

I've been monitoring this page, and Jamie has opened discussion about it up on the MDB forums. I had an Idea where we switch the page title (the first, big title on the page) with the superhero name. Here's an example. Where "PeteParker Character Template Test Page" is would be where "Peter Parker (Earth-616)" would be on the real page. I was hoping it would fix the google ranking, making Marvel Database have multiple pages that were titled Spider-Man or Wolverine, all with an abundance of text. But I didn't know if google takes into account javascript or title switching like that, since the title is swapped out, and it uses javascript to do so. Any clue if it would help? If it does, we could even title the page with multiple aliases and/or the real name.

&mdash; Nathan (Peteparker) (Earth-1218) (talk &bull; contribs &bull; email) 21:34, 7 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I was also wondering if the sitenotice screws with google ranking, since whatever you put in there comes before the title. Maybe you know. :)


 * &mdash; Nathan (Peteparker) (Earth-1218) (talk &bull; contribs &bull; email) 21:37, 7 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Hey babe! I was hoping I'd get a chance to talk to you about this stuff. Actually, the thing that's on that page is kind of the opposite of what would work. :) The thing that needs to change is the pagetitle -- the line of text at the top of the browser. When you see a Google search result, the text in the big blue link is the same as the pagetitle at the top of the browser. That's the thing that needs to say Spider-Man. What it says on the page is less relevant -- and, as you suspect, the javascript trick that you used wouldn't make a difference to Google anyway.


 * So I'm a little confused -- I thought the concern about the article title was that you would want that text to say Peter Parker. If the rendered article title that's on the page can say Spider-Man... then what's the problem with calling the page Spider-Man (Earth-616)? -- Danny (talk ) 22:01, 7 May 2009 (UTC)